6 August 2020 — ACLU
The debate over using apps for contact tracing or exposure warnings to help fight COVID-19 is largely a sideshow to the principal coronavirus health needs.
Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst Jon Callas, Senior Technology Fellow
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‘Western’ Media Falsely Claim That Russia’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Ready To Go
12 August 2020 — Moon of Alabama
After President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate had gained an approval from its regulator, ‘western’ media went into a anti-Russian frenzy to sow fear and doubt about it.
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How Video and Online Reading Is Undermining Cognition. Protecting and Sustaining Classroom Teaching
11 August 2020 — Global Research
As the Coronavirus rages uncontrolled in the United States and elsewhere, in education we are once again relying on online delivery of courses. That of course is really the only sensible alternative we have. However, as we ramp up for another school year online, it behooves us to pause just for a moment to reflect on the serious downside of overplaying this emphasis on technology as a long-term educational method.Twitter spreads paid US gov’t propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media ads
10 August 2020 — The Grayzone
Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However, US government propaganda organs like Voice of America’s VOA Persian pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran and other foreign adversaries.
By Ben Norton
Sweden’s Success is Kryptonite for Lockdown and Mask Advocates
9 August 2020 — The Mass Illusion
Their long term strategy is working
Here in the United States, we have become inundated with tales of COVID-19 doom and gloom. In America, the mainstream narrative is rife with hopelessness. We are told that there is simply no way to stop this virus without repetitive lockdowns, healthy quarantine, even of asymptomatic individuals, and universal mask mandates. And even with all of those extreme policy measures put in place, the politicians and public health officials tell us that we will have to wait for a vaccine for the country to even think about our “new normal” following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Document exposes new US plot to overthrow Nicaragua’s elected socialist gov’t
4 August 2020 — The Grayzone
A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against Nicaragua’s elected leftist government, overseen by USAID, to bring about a “market economy” and a purge of Sandinistas.
By Ben Norton
A newly released document exposes a US government operation to overthrow the democratically elected socialist government in Nicaragua.
The plot is administered by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a regime-change vehicle that uses the pretense of “humanitarian aid” to advance Washington’s aggressive foreign-policy interests.
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